Is an A1C of 10 bad?

Is an A1C of 10 bad?

According to the National Institutes of Health, a normal A1C is below 5.7 percent. If your score is between 5.7 and 6.4 percent, the diagnosis is prediabetes. Having prediabetes puts you at risk for developing type 2 diabetes within 10 years. But, you can take steps to prevent or delay developing diabetes.

Is 10.2 blood sugar high?

A normal pre-prandial (before meal) blood glucose level will be between 4 and 7 mmol/l. After eating (post-prandial) levels should be below 9 mmol/l when tested 2 hours after a meal. When going to bed for the night, levels should be no more than 8 mmol/l.

Is 10 a high A1C?

For people without diabetes, the normal A1C range is 4–6%. For people with dia- betes, the lower the A1C value, the better the diabetes control and the lower the risk of developing complications such as eye, heart, and kidney disease. Your goal should be to have A1C values less than 7%.

What makes your A1C high?

Your body produces a hormone called insulin which moves sugar from your blood to your cells. If you have too much sugar in your blood, your cells cannot absorb sugar as well as they should. This is called insulin resistance and is one cause of high blood sugar and high A1C levels.

What should your A1C number be?

A normal A1C level is below 5.7%, a level of 5.7% to 6.4% indicates prediabetes, and a level of 6.5% or more indicates diabetes. Within the 5.7% to 6.4% prediabetes range, the higher your A1C, the greater your risk is for developing type 2 diabetes.

How much can A1C drop in 3 months?

Because A1c is simply a measure of your average blood sugar over 2-3 months, it can (in theory) decrease by any amount over that time period.

Does alcohol affect A1C?

As glycemic control affects incidence of complications of diabetes, the lower A1C levels associated with moderate alcohol consumption may translate into lower risk for complications.

Can diabetes go away if you lose weight?

Yes. In fact, important new research published in The Lancet has found that the more weight you lose, the more likely type 2 diabetes will go away.

How many miles a day should a diabetic walk?

A good starting target for your patients is to increase walking by at least 1.2 miles/day or 30 min or 2,400 steps/day.

How can I reverse Type 2 diabetes permanently?

Reversing type 2 diabetes is possible, but it requires meal planning, healthy eating, and regular exercise. If you can do these things and lose weight, you may be able to free yourself from diabetes and its complications.